Re: Role of ignition condenser in a distributor?

From: Don Bruder (dakidd_at_sonic.net)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:10:20 GMT

In article <8sn8l0lgdha8n9f9h5m3vq739uvihehmaa@4ax.com>,
 Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:49:09 GMT, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> >In article <0sc8l0dopocvkubu3u9meglbgesc6scp4k@4ax.com>,
> > ~^Johnny^~ <nospam@gyrogearloose.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:39:19 GMT, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Unless, of
> >> >course, you're at Radio Shack, where you'll get a look that's not just
> >> >puzzled, but positively bovine in its utter lack of anything resembling
> >> >the spark (Errr... no pun intended) of intelligence.
> >>
> >>
> >> Be nice!
> >
> >Be nice, my ass.
> >Too damned many people in this world are "being nice" in an effort to
> >avoid offending the tender sensibilities of some worthless waste of
> >humanity, when what's needed is a good solid smack upside the head with
> >a dose of reality.
> >
> >> A lot of RS stores have gone to Hell in a hand basket, but I resent
> >> the stereotype, nonetheless.
> >
> >Resent it all you like. Your resentment means *EXACTLY NOTHING* to me,
> >as my view is dead-on accurate: If you walk into pretty much any Radio
> >Shack today, you cannot find anyone with even the amount of electronic
> >know-how needed to point you at the capacitor rack, let alone give you
> >any useful information to decide why "This one is the one you want,
> >rather than that one." You'll find a shitload of salesdroids that'll try
> >and sell you a cell-phone when what you want is a 33K resistor, but
> >beyond that, you're walking into an intellectual wasteland.
> >
> >Most of them wouldn't know a capacitor from a resistor from a pimple on
> >their ass. Of course, this assumes that the store you walk into even
> >*HAS* a capacitor rack. It's getting to the point where Radio Shack
> >should seriously consider renaming itself to "Cell phone and satellite
> >TV shack" to reflect their true business.
> >
> >Radio Shack:
> >You've got questions, we've got blank stares.
> >
> >Despite being something of a cliche, it's dead-on accurate in the huge
> >majority of RS stores.
> >
> >And no, I don't care whose feelings I hurt by saying so. Get over it. If
> >you don't want to be seen as "the imbecile behind the counter", you've
> >got two options: Learn something, or get the hell out. But don't expect
> >any touchy-feely "spare your poor sensitive feelings" bull*** from me.
> >I call 'em as I see 'em, and if you don't like what I'm seeing, you need
> >to change what it is I see. At Radio Shack, I see morons. Don't like
> >that? Then change it - Get yourself at least rudimentary education in
> >the field you're supposedly working in, so that when I come in with a
> >question, you've got an actual answer, instead of a blank stare or a
> >line of bull*** that's so obvious even a blind man couldn't miss seeing
> >it.
> >
> >Izzat clear enough for you to understand, "Johnny"?
>
> There was an RS "droid" who really cracked me up trying to convince me
> that a gold-anodized antenna was required to receive color signals ;-)

Lemme guess... The "plain aluminum" version can only get black and white?

And I'd be willing to bet my last nickel that the "gold" version was at
least 10-20 bucks (if not quite a bit more than that) pricier than the
"regular", wasn't it?

Thanks for illustrating my point so nicely, Jim :) 

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